The Rebuilding of London After the Great FireJonathan Cape, 1940 - 333 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 39
Page 53
... diaries and jottings which have also survived , it is possible to trace a fairly continuous outline . Evelyn's diary makes it plain that , at first , Charles and his advisers considered an entirely new ground plan for the ' burnt ' area ...
... diaries and jottings which have also survived , it is possible to trace a fairly continuous outline . Evelyn's diary makes it plain that , at first , Charles and his advisers considered an entirely new ground plan for the ' burnt ' area ...
Page 200
... diary shows that he met Hooke as a friend and dined with him as an equal . At the Royal Society he probably deferred ... diary for 1676 . The first shows him celebrating with Wren the latter's birthday , and the second may be given in ...
... diary shows that he met Hooke as a friend and dined with him as an equal . At the Royal Society he probably deferred ... diary for 1676 . The first shows him celebrating with Wren the latter's birthday , and the second may be given in ...
Page 274
... Diary , op . cit . , p . 154. He left no will . • Dictionary of National Biography , IX , p . 1178b . The picturesque statement that the chest had been unopened for thirty years is refuted by his diary . Diary , p . 265 . Diary ...
... Diary , op . cit . , p . 154. He left no will . • Dictionary of National Biography , IX , p . 1178b . The picturesque statement that the chest had been unopened for thirty years is refuted by his diary . Diary , p . 265 . Diary ...
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON | 21 |
PLANS FOR A NEW LONDON | 40 |
10 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accounts amount appointed authorities Books brick building burnt Charles Charles II Cheapside churches citizens Citty City Cash City Lands Committee City of London City's coal dues commissioners Common Council Company compensation concerned Corporation of London cost Court of Aldermen debt Diary difficulties disputes feet Fire Court Fleet Canal Fleet River foot funds given granted Gresham College ground Guildhall Lib Guildhall Recs Hall houses Ibid improvements interest King Lane leases London Bridge Ludgate markets matter ment Merchant Taylors Newgate Orphans owners P.C. Reg paid parish Parliament Paul's payments petition possible Privy Council Puddle Dock rack rent reason Rebuilding Act received records regulations rents Repert restoration revenue river Royal scheme second Act Selby staking streets suburbs survey surveyors tenants Thames Quay Thomas timber tion trade trouble walls wharfing wharves whilst whole widening workmen Wren Wren's